NASA Awards Five Teams $100,000 in 3D-Printed Habitat Competition

07/30/2018

New York–based Space Exploration Architecture (SEArch+), which Pailes-Friedman is part of, was awarded the fourth place for their X-House proposal, a dual-shell housing module inspired by Alvar Aalto.

Here’s What NASA Thinks Mars Houses Could Look Like

07/30/2018

NASA has selected five winners in an ongoing contest it has been running to get smart ideas about how to build a 3d-printed habitat on Mars. Mars X-House, designed by SEArch+ team, is one of them.

The Future Is Knit: Why the Ancient Art of Knitting Is High-Tech Again

05/18/2018

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, founder of Interwoven, explains the future of knitting and why it has been a focus for e-textile makers.

Spacesuits and Smart Fabrics

06/21/2017

Pailes-Friedman discusses specializing in wearable tech and smart textiles, how she loves fabric and worked for years with athletes and their clothing, looking at clothing as a tool for athletics.

Brooklyn Ballet’s Nutcracker Features Costumes by Professor Rebeccah Pailes

12/01/2017

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman has designed a number of high-tech costumes for the Brooklyn Ballet’s production of The Brooklyn Nutcracker at the Brooklyn Museum.

A Sneak Peek of the Brooklyn Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ at the Brooklyn Museum

01/05/2017

The Village Voice spent an afternoon with the Brooklyn Ballet at the Brooklyn Museum. The company will perform The Nutcracker at the museum, showcasing their ballet, hip-hop, and world dance chops.

Mission to Mars, Pratt Design Reaches for the Stars

01/05/2017

Pratt Institute, selected in 2016 to participate in NASA’s eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge — part of the space agency’s goal is to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030's.

A New Home on Mars: NASA Langley’s Icy Concept for Living on the Red Plane

12/29/2016

Smart Textiles and the Future of Sustainable Fashion

11/01/2016

Are smart textiles sustainable? “Sometimes when people think of smart textiles, they only think of electronic textiles,” Interwoven Design Group founder and panelist Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman said.

Why NASA Needs Architects And Designers

07/15/2016

Architecture and Industrial Design students at Pratt Institute designed a transit habitat for Mars missions that would be both comfortable and functional for their trip to the red planet.

Home Sweet Habitat: Students Help NASA Design Mars Spacecraft Living Quarters

06/03/2016

The mission was to design a spacecraft for Mars-bound astronauts that was both functional and livable, making efficient use of tight quarters for the crew's 1,000-day journey.

NASA Project Collaboration Inspires Students to Create Habitat for Travel to Mars

05/01/2016

For an interdisciplinary studio class led by Morris and Pailes-Friedman, Pratt students are working on the NASA project: eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) 2016 Academic Innovation Challenge.